People first.
Start with the people, constraints, and routines already present in the environment.
ABOUT × SOLOMON
Technology is most interesting to me when it meets the real world.
HELLO
I’m Solomon B. Pobee (Solo Pobee), a PhD student in Computer Science at Brigham Young University.
My work sits at the intersection of human–computer interaction, sport, and human performance. I’m interested in technology that helps people make better decisions in environments where resources, staffing, and technical infrastructure may be limited.
A major focus of my research is adolescent sub-elite youth sports: understanding the needs of athletes and coaches, then designing interactive systems that can support performance, development, and injury prevention.
I care about tools that work in practice — not just systems that look good in a lab.
HOW I THINK ABOUT THE WORK
Useful over flashy.
Good technology should clarify decisions rather than create another layer of work.
Research in context.
Real-world settings reveal needs and tradeoffs that controlled environments can miss.
Beyond the lab
I came to research by a longer route than most. I served three years in Abidjan, taught language and teaching skills at the Missionary Training Center in Accra, and spent two years at Société Générale reconciling transactions across internal ledgers, the central bank and correspondent banks.
That last one was better preparation than it sounds. Reconciliation is largely the work of finding where the records stop agreeing with reality and establishing why — which is not so far from running a study. I work in English and French.
CONTACT
Get in touch.
Happy to talk research, collaboration, or anything at the intersection of HCI and youth sport. If you’re a coach, club, or researcher working with sub-elite teams (under-resourced teams), I would appreciate to hear from you.